Measurement of in-shoe plantar triaxial stresses in high-heeled shoes

Proceedings - 2010 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2010

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 1760-1763

  Cong, Yan ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

High heeled shoes; Shear stress; Triaxial force transducer

Indexed keywords

ANTEROPOSTERIOR; CONTACT PRESSURES; FOOT PROBLEMS; HIGH-HEELED SHOES; MEDIOLATERAL; METATARSAL HEAD; PEAK PRESSURE; PLANTAR SURFACES; TRI-AXIAL FORCES; TRIAXIAL STRESS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 78650631320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BMEI.2010.5639873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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